CHARADE

A Game for Everyone!

 Complete each of the following
sentences by supplying the correct word.
Choose from the word pool below.

welcomed used learned came worked knew

1. They ________ different ways to achieve freedom.
2. The Filipino ________ how to be brave to fight for freedom.
3. They ________ the foreign people with a warm smile.
4. The Japanese ________ to our country.
5. The Filipinos ________ hard to survive.
 Complete each of the following
sentences by supplying the correct word.
Choose from the word pool below.

welcomed used learned came worked knew

1. used
They ________ different ways to achieve freedom.
2. The Filipino ________
learned how to be brave to fight for freedom.
3. They ________
welcomed the foreign people with a warm smile.
4. The Japanese ________
came to our country.
5. worked hard to survive.
The Filipinos ________
 Goal:
• EN7G-III-h-3: Use the past
and past perfect tenses
correctly in varied contexts
What form of the verb is used?

When did the actions happen?

What tense of the verb is used?

SIMPLE PAST FORM
OF THE VERB
We use the Simple Past Tense to talk
about actions that happened at a
specific time in the past. There can
be few actions happening one after
another.
These can be in terms of:
• events in the past that are now finished
• situation in the past
• a series of actions in the past
 Use 1: Past actions that
are now finished
The first use of the past simple is to express actions that
happened at a specific time in the past.
– The Filipinos survived difficulties in the past.
– The Filipinos worked for the last century.
– My classmate studied about the culture of the
Filipinos.
 Use 2: Situation in the past

Another use of this tense is to talk about

situations in the past.
–I lived in Cebu for 10 years.
(I don’t live there anymore)
 Use 3: A series of actions
in the past
The past simple can also be used with a few
actions in the past happening one after
another.
–The Filipinos fought for their freedom, built
their country, and stood on their own.
 Scan the text once again and locate all the verbs
used by the author. Complete the chart below by
indicating the present and past form of the verb.

PRESENT FORM PAST FORM

Pick out a verb in the
past form and use it
in your own sentence.
 Complete the following sentences
using “was” or “were.”
1. The teacher _____ nice.
2. The students _____ very clever.
3. However, one student _____ in trouble.
4. We _____ sorry for him.
5. He _____ nice though.
 Complete the following sentences
using “was” or “were.”
1. The teacher _____
was nice.
2. The students _____
were very clever.
3. was in trouble.
However, one student _____
4. were sorry for him.
We _____
5. He _____
was nice though.
Construct a sentence
using the simple past
tense of the verb.
Let’s check
your work!
 Give the past form of the
verb in the parenthesis.
went
1. Last year, I (go) __________ to Davao on a holiday.
was
2. It (be) __________ fantastic.
visited lots of interesting places. I (be)
3. I (visit)__________
was with my two friends.
________
walked
4. In the morning, we (walk) ___________ in the stretts
of Vigan.
went
5. In the evening, we (go) __________ to pubs.
 Give the past form of the
verb in the parenthesis.
was
6. The weather (be) __________ strangely fine.
did
7. It (do) __________ not rain a lot.
saw
8. But we (see) __________ some beautiful rainbows.
did
9. Where (do) __________ you spend your last holiday?
chose to stay at the hotel last
10. They (choose) __________
summer.